Man Inside The Child,
Do you read my posts at all? Why have you yet to comment once, even once, about what Arab countries have done to Israel over the past 50 years? Why have you yet to comment on the 700,000 Jews that were evicted from Arab countries after the 1948 war?
"Check this out... If you don't like this source than find any other.. but it's a fact that Palestinian Christians have been around since the begininning of Christianity... They are the descendents of both the Palestinian jews and christians..."
What the hell does this pertain to? When did I ever say that this was not so? Again, did you read my posts at all?
"Your comment about building settlements on empty land is ridiculously false... That's the worst comment you've made yet... It is a myth created to make jews feel better about destroying Palestinian homes and villages in favour of settlements... Since the foundation of Israel, the Israeli's have bulldozed in upwards of 500 villages. Look it up! What do you think all the American made bulldozers are for?"
I'll look it up, hopefully I'll be able to find a non-Palestinian source to back up your claim. Bulldozers? Most communities I know have them! By the way, its far cheaper to build a new house or a settlement on unoccupied land then to have to go through the demolition of what ever structures are there before them. There is plenty of unoccupied land in the West Bank, anyone that has seen a live report from there would know that. That does not mean I support new Israely settlements there though.
"In 1948, as a result of the creation of the State of Israel, over
714,000 Palestinian became
refugees. 7% or 50,000 of these refugees were Christians, and they made up 35% of all
Christians who lived in Palestine prior to May 15, 1948.
Since the foundation of Israel, the Israeli's have bulldozed in upwards of 500 villages... "
Well in you prior posts, you stated that Christians made up 25% to 30% of all the people living in the Area of Israel/Palestine. Thats obviously incorrect. The above statement is more likely. But again, whats your point? There would not be any refugees if the Arabs had not attacked Israel in 1948!!! The whole crises here was created by the Arabs decision not to accept the UN Peace plan in 1947/1948! Now the Arabs and the Palestinians want a deal that is less favorable then the one they were offered 50 years ago! Its obvious who made the "mistake" here.
"Here's a quote from the Economist: It seems like you missed it... It's a 2001 article.
"Houses in the West Bank were removed because they were preventing a widening of existing Israeli settlements, and that at least some of the houses in East Jerusalem were marked for destruction because they lay athwart plans for yet another new ring road round the city. These roads are designed to lock Israeli settlements in an urban grid, and to sever Palestinian villages in the municipality from their West Bank hinterland. " "
Nope, I have seen this before. This is simply Israel getting the area of the West Bank ready that they are going to get from any peace deal. Israel is going to get at least 5% of the West Bank in any Peace deal. The sooner the Palestinians realize this, the sooner there will be peace.
"It is ironic that as Palestinian Christianity celebrates its anniversary of 2,000 years in Palestine and Israel, the community is on the verge of extinction. Perhaps more troublesome is the fact that little is being done by the West or the international Christian churches."
"Historian Sam Hadawi estimated that over 50 percent of Jerusalem?s Christians were expelled from their West Jerusalem homes, the largest single numerical decline of Christians in Palestine in history. Hadawi?s study concluded that in Jerusalem a higher proportion of Palestinian Christians became refugees after 1949, a ratio of 37 percent of Christians to 17 percent of the Muslims. The higher ratio of Christians was due in part to the fact that the majority lived in the wealthier western Jerusalem districts seized by Israel during 1948-49. Further, approximately 34 percent of the lands seized by Israel were owned by Palestinian Christian churches, and they were simply taken by force with no compensation given to the previous owners."
I certainly agree that these Christians should be compensated just as the 700,000 Jews who were pushed out of their homes in other Arab countries after the 1948 war should be compensated as well. Do is it not bother you in any way what Arabs did to Jews after they lost the 1948 war. These Jews were living hundreds or thousands of miles away from Israel and yet they were pushed out of the countries they were living in simply because of the crises and war was lost by the Arabs against Israel! I'm still waiting for you comment on this and other Arab countries attacks on Israel at least once!
"To say that Ariel Sharon is a man of peace makes me sad. I can't believe that there are people out there who believe that an unrepentent war criminal is a man of peace."
"Ariel Sharon, the Prime Minister of Israel, is currently facing possible war crime prosecutions for two massacres that occurred 20 years apart: the September 1982 massacre of Palestinian civilians in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in Lebanon, and the April 2002 Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) mass killings in the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank."
"Sharon is, without doubt, guilty of these crimes against humanity, and others. He is also unrepentant. For him, these mass killings are merely necessary steps on the path toward his objective of a "Final Solution" to the "Palestinian problem," through the mass expulsion and/or extermination of the more than 3 million Palestinians and Arabs now living in Israel, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and the Golan Heights. Under various labels, Sharon and a rogues gallery of collaborators inside Israel, Britain, and the United States, are now moving toward the final phase of their "mass transfer" plans for the Palestinians and Arabs."
Most of the 5 million Israely's that voted for Sharon do believe he is not a war monger or guilty of the crimes you alleged that he is. Remember, there are millions of Israely's who are well educated and aware of the facts and they have chosen him as their leader. Perhaps its time you took your blinders off and examined why these intelligent, well educated, free thinking people have chosen Sharon as their leader.
Indisputible evidence has not been found yet to link Sharon to the massacres. There is only circumstantial and unproven evidence. Certainly, if Sharon or anyone were to be found guilty of such massacres, they should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. I'm surprised by the rush to judgement from a law student.
I'll say this again as I have said it before. Listen! If Israel did have a "final Solution" plan, they would have completed it over 3 decades ago. It would only take the Israely military a few days or weeks, to kill or drive out all 3 million Palestinians on the West Bank and Gaza! WHEN are you going to at least respond or acknowledge this fact?
"Hospitals have been shelled and assaulted by gun fire and rockets. Ambulances have been torched. The wounded have been forced to bleed to death while ambulances and paramedics routinely denied access to them. Even pregnant women have been prevented, at gun point, from being taken to maternity homes to deliver their babies."
"Mosques and churches have been profaned and desecrated by inebriated Israeli soldiers who see themselves as soldiers of David. But they are, in reality, behaving like soldiers of Goliath. Even the sacred Church of Nativity, the birth place of Jesus Christ, has not been spared; one of its portals was blown to pieces by Israeli shells. Priests and other church people, venerated by Palestinians of all shades, have been rudely shoved and kicked by arrogant soldiers of Sharon. He's a monster, who has no intention for peace as settlements continue to come up in the spot where Palestinians were killed for their homes. He's also promised never to take down such settlements, illegally built on Palestinian territory... Israel has broken several U.N. resolutions as a result of bulldozing homes in favour of new Israeli settlements....."
"When combat occurs in Urban environments it is impossible to prevent civilian losses completely. Nearly all civilian losses on the West Bank are accidents. The burden of proof is on you to prove that any single incident is not an accident but intentional. Most scientist in forinsics can tell an obvious accident from a targeted killing. This was done in the Jenin raid last year. It was determine that only 48 civilians were killed instead of the 7,000 that the Palestinians claimed. All of the 48 civilians were killed as a result of accidents and mistakes."
If and when Israely soldiers mistreat Palestinians as you mentioned above they should be punished. But often these alleged crimes are simply lies coming from Palestinians. The truth in many of these situations is difficult to determine.
The truth in the murder of teens in disco's by suicide bombers is not difficult to determine at all. Suicide bombers target innocent civilians. The Israely Defense Force Targets terrorist. I would think as a law student, you would be able to understand the difference.
I look forward to your response and hope you at least read my posts and respond to some of my unanswered questions, as I have done for you.